DTCG
D.E.A.D., These Cursed Graves – A four-song EP from Singapore’s classic Rob Zombie-inspired horror band, D.E.A.D. These guys are still doing small projects, but I understand that they’re inactive as they’ve re-located to New Zealand (?!?!). Opening track “Madhouse” starts off with sound effects, then those huge riffs that blast and blast with amazing energy and dedication. Love it! Great solo, great riffs, great production, fine screaming over the lyrics that finish off the first song. Wow! “Boneyard Blues” is… more blues. It rocks a la Aerosmith, with huge sounds that groove and groove and groove! The title track is a spooky piece of hard rock, with a great riff, and squealing guitars, a bit of an Iron Maiden feel, sinister sound samples, it’s an instrumental that just rolls on and on and on… for over five minutes. Dominated by that Iron Maiden arpeggio riff, it does feel like it’s lacking… something. Vocals, maybe!? The final song, “A Grave Situation”, moves on and on like a big bad Mindfunk song that rocks and rocks, with sloppy band backing vocals and some very cool guitar noise at the end. Very nice indeed.
TGOTLD
The Golden Age of the Living Dead – Happily, although “These Cursed Graves” is not easy to get any more, you can still get “Golden Age of the Living Dead” online for free from this link cialis needs prescription. “Scream Scream Scream” is pure horror bliss, with pounding drums starting it off, a great riff, and then some cool giant vibes, wicked singing and a killer chorus. This song deserves to be on someone’s soundtrack!! Colossal stuff. Nearly five minutes of pure madness! “Frankenstein’s Bride” uses the “It’s alive” quote to blast off into the atmosphere with some really good hard rock! These guys pummel like no other!! This song has those Nine Inch Nails vocals before yelling out in real Mindfunk glory!! It’s a bit industrial, but mostly it’s pure rock!! “The Hungry Dead” is a bit more hardcore, quite a faster pace, but still with a blistering solo – wow!! “The Graveyard Of My Mind” has perhaps the coolest intro of them all, a big bad sound-off of grind and pulse of throbbing beat going on and on… very nice. This one has it all. Title track “The Golden Age of the Living Dead” starts off with a cool sample, then goes into a great rock tune with distorted lyrics. Nice!